Ubuntu DVD - Part 2

Sat Sep 5 15:24:33 UTC 2009

All,

Here is my suggestion for which videos and in which order they should go onto a demo DVD OSI that is available for download by everyone. I would make the vidoes for 8.0.4.3LTS. I know everyone is all about 9.04 and the soon-to-be 9.10, however these are not LTS versions and since the LTS is more stable (and the core is the same really), that should be the version we do these videos on for this DVD.

If there's some great feature in 9.04/9/10 that there MUST be a video on, then any video for a non-LTS version can go onto a seperate addendum DVD. Once a new LTS version is released, if those features in the addendum videos haven't been updated in some major way, then the videos can be added to the LTS DVD. I think by doing it this way, the LTS DVD will only be updated when a new LTS version comes out, and since some of the videos may already exist for the new LTS DVD on the addendum DVD, then there won't be a need to re-do those videos.

Now the one caveat / flaw to all of this is if GNOME 3.0 comes out and the GUI is completely changed...Then, yes, there isn't any way around re-doing every single video for that new LTS version, but one video we may still want to include would be a video about GNOME 2x itself - just in case people don't want to upgrade to that version or if they want to downgrade from 3x to 2x, etc.

I think these videos are good thing. I like their format, what they show, etc. I'd also like to see some videos made for the DVD that do things normal, non-technical end-users do like edit photos, print and save text documents (OpenOffice), email (Evolution) - as well as how to setup those programs.

Most people don't care about "How it works" or the technical side of things like us techie types do, and I DO think the videos are great as they are, we need technical videos, etc, BUT we also need some layman videos to try and entice people into using GNU/Linux. Very recently, a well-known GN/Linux organization that fights for the Free Software ideals, has started attacking Microsoft/Windows 7, and I think that is the wrong approach. Telling people how Windows sucks or otherwise being negative doesn't work well, if at all. We need to show people, in a positive light, how GNU/Linux works, why it works, why it can will for them.

Anyway.. enough said by me for now. Here is the list of vidoes and their links. I know some new videos have come out since these and they should be included as well.

Introduction to Linux
Introduction to Ubuntu
Why Ubuntu
Getting Help

Downloading and Burning an Ubuntu ISO
Installing Ubuntu Part 1
Installing Ubuntu Part 2
Installing Ubuntu with Windows Dual-Boot

Tour of the Ubuntu Desktop
Tour of the Places and System Menus
Tour of the Ubuntu Applications
Installing Applications
Updating and Upgrading
Installing Updates on Ubuntu
Installing Flash on Ubuntu i386

SAMBA Filesharing
Files and Folders
Connecting to Printers
Printing in Ubuntu

Customising Ubuntu Desktop
Users and Fast User Switcher

Introduction to Evolution
Skype on Ubuntu Linux
Watching Video

THE LINKS

Introduction to Linux
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070902_linux_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Introduction to Ubuntu
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070901_ubuntu_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Why Ubuntu
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070904_why_ubuntu_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Getting Help
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070905_getting_help_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Downloading and Burning an Ubuntu ISO
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20061204_downloading_burning_iso.ogg

Installing Ubuntu Part 1
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070909_installing_ubuntu_part_1_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Installing Ubuntu Part 2
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070910_installing_ubuntu_part_2_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Installing Ubuntu with Windows Dual-Boot
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20061204_installing_dual_boot.ogg

Tour of the Ubuntu Desktop
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070906_tour_desktop_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Tour of the Places and System Menus
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070908_places_and_system_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Tour of the Ubuntu Applications
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070907_tour_applications_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Installing Applications
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070912_installing_applications_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Updating and Upgrading
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070911_updating_and_upgrading_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Installing Updates on Ubuntu
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20061108_installing_updates.ogg

Installing Flash on Ubuntu i386
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20061109_installing_flash.ogg

SAMBA Filesharing
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070704_samba_filesharing_ogg_theora_1280x720.ogg

Andrew adds: "You may have problems accessing your share from other computers afterwards. To fix this issue do the following things. Launch the run dialog by pressing Alt+F2. Enter the command gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf then enter your password when prompted. Find the security section of the configuration file. Change "user" to "share" and remove the semicolon from the start of the line. Find the guest account section. Change "nobody" to your account's username and remove the semi colon from the start of the line. Save the file and restart your computer"

Files and Folders
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070914_files_and_folders_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Connecting to Printers
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070915_connecting_to_printers_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Printing in Ubuntu
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070727_printing_in_ubuntu_1024x768_theora_vorbis.ogg

Customising Ubuntu Desktop
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20061113_customising_ubuntu_desktop.ogg

Users and Fast User Switcher
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070913_users_theora_400k_vorbis_1280x720.ogg

Introduction to Evolution
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20061112_introduction_to_evolution.ogg

Skype on Ubuntu Linux
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070911_skype_theora_400k_vorbis_1024x768.ogg

Watching Video
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/videos/20070918_watching_video_theora_800k_vorbis_1024x768.ogg
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